Apparatus for use in the manufacture of shoes



Nov. 26, 1929. I B. JORGENSEN 7 1,737,012

APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES Filed Aug. 17. 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 26, 1929. B. JORGENSEN 1,737,912

APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES Filed Aug. 17, 1925 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Nov; 2% 1929. B, JORGENSEN 1,737,012

APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES Filed Aug. 17. 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Nov. 26, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 'BERNHARD'I ORGENSEN, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATER 'SON, NEW ERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY APPARATUS FOR USE In THE MANUFACTURE or snoEs Application filed August 17, 1925. Serial No. 50,643.

, This invention relates to apparatus for use in preparing shoe materials for operations such, for example, as pulling-over or lasting, or for presenting the work to the operator of a machine for performing such operations.

The invention is herein illustrated as embodied in apparatus particularly designed for use in connection'with a machine for lasting tennis shoes to facilitate the assembling of the upper materials on the lasts, to pull the uppers forwardly on-the lasts, and to present the work in convenient position for the operator of the lasting machine to receive it and present it to that machine. In various novel and useful aspects, however, the invention is not limited to tennis shoe work, nor is it limited to apparatus including the several features herein shown in combination. 7

In the treatment of uppermaterials to pootherwise to prepare them for pulling-over or lasting operations, it is preferable that the work be positioned with the last bottom downward so that the workman may have the top of the forepart of the upper conveniently in view and may thus be enabled to determine readily. when the lines of the upper are in proper relation to the contour of the last. It is a common practice, for example, to pull the upper/forwardly on its last by the use of a gripper of the type illustratedin Letters Patent No. 1,139,613, granted on May 18, 1915, upon an application of P. J. Wentworth, the lastbeing positioned bottom downward and tipped relatively to the gripper to cause ,the gripper to pull the upper. Where the work is' subsequently to be presented bottom upward to a shoe machine, for example to a lasting machine of the bed type, it is more convenient for the operator of such a machine if he receives it bottom upward, since he may thus more readily grasp it in such manner as to hold the upper in proper position on the last during the presentation of the work to the machinef The present invention, in one important aspect,'accordingly provides novel means for presenting the work to the operator of a shoe machine, whereby the work is moved to bring it into the best position for the operator to receive or grasp sition them in proper relation to the last or- I a position in which it is bottom upward.

After the upper has been properly pulled, 7

the operator is thus enabled, while the upper 1s still-under tension, to place his hands on the work in positions which are most convenient and effectivelfor holding the upper properly positioned on the last during the transfer-of the work, still bottom upward, to the lasting machine. The construction shown further provides means for holding the work with the upper under tension until the operator is ready to receive it.

In another important aspect the inven- -t1on.provides improved means for pulling an upper forwardly on the last. The constructlOIl shown comprises a gripper having pairs "of jaws which are spaced apart laterally of the shoe so as to engage the upper substantially at the corners .of the toe,'and relatively to which the last is tipped to pull the upper. The pull is thus applied to the upper along the opposite sides 0 the last in such manner that the entire'forepart pfthe upper is subected to a forward pull to draw the upper tightly about the heel end of the last and to take up the slack in the shank without danger of applying an undue excess of pulling force in any location, for example along the median line of the upper, such as might tend to bow the tip seam where shoes are provided with tips; A further advantage in the use of the construction shown, with the gripper aws engaging the upper at the corners of the toe, is that the upper is pulled over the toe end of the last in such manner as to reveal to the operator the contour of substantially the entire toe of the last, and thus enable him readily to judge whether the lines of the upper are in proper relation to the lines of the last. In the use of a gripper such as herein shown the operator is, moreover, enabled, by swinging the heel end of the last laterally, to effect readily the proper relative adjustment of the upper and the last, since the gripper holds the entire toe end of the upper from shifting as'the last is swung to bring it into the correct angular relation to the upper.

It is a further object of the invention to relieve the operator of'a shoe machine such, for example, above-mentioned, of the necessity of preparing the work for presentation to the machine, thus providing for a substantial increase in the production of the machine, with resulting economies. The invention accordingly further provides a construction whereby the last and its shoe materials are carried from a location where a different operative performs the preparatory work thereon to a location convement for the operator of the machine to receive them. The construction shown coniprises a rotatable carrier or turret having mounted thereon a plurality of work-presenting devices comprising grippers of the character hereinabove described, by the use of which the uppers are preliminarily tensioned and adjusted on the lasts and are then carr1ed while under tension to the operator of the lasting machine, the lasts with their shoe materials being automatically inverted, as the turret is turned, to present them bottom upward.

The various features of the invention will now be more particularly described by reference to the accompanying drawings and thereafter ointed out in the claims.

In t e drawings 7 Fig. 1 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section of apparatus in which the invention is embodied;

Fig. 2 is a view on a larger scale of a p01;- tion of the structure shown at the right-hand side of Fi 1, showing in greater detail one of the wor presenting devices;

Fig. 3 is a view on a larger scale of a portion of the structure shown at the left-hand side of Fig. 1, illustratinghow the work is inverted; I

Fig. 4 is a plan View of the structure shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3. and

Fig. 6 is a view of a portion of the workholding means with parts in section on the line 66 of Fig. 2. y

The apparatus comprises a base 2 which may reston the floor, and a vertical spindle 4 secured to said base and provided with a plurality of laterally projecting pins or arms 6 adapted to h 1d a supp y of shoe uppers in convenient positions for a work-man to reach them. Mounted for turning movement about the spindle 4 is a turret 8 which is shaped like a bowl to hold a supply of lasts on which the uppers carried by the pins 6 are to be mounted. Arranged about the periphery of the turret 8 to turn therewith are a plurality of workpresenting devices, hereinafter more particuas a lasting machine of the type turns the turret 8 manually as he positions the lasts and uppers in the different work-- presenting devices, and in this manner the assembled lasts and uppers are carried around to a different location where the operator of a shoe machine, for example a lasting machine, receives them and presents them to the machine.

Each of the work-presenting devices comprises a shaft 12 .Whlch is mounted horizon tally to turn in a bearing formed in the edge of the turret 8 and has fast thereon a bracket 14 to which is secured by a screw 16 a member 18 having integral therewith a pair of lower gripper jaws 20. Co-opufating with the jaws 20 area pair of upper gripper 'aws 22 which are rlgidly connected toget er and are mounted to turn about a pivot stud 24 on the member 18. Formed integral with the movable jaws 22 is a forwardly extending arm 26 upon which is adjustably mounted a shoe rest member 28. A light spring 30 holds the aws 22 normally s aced from the jaws 20 so that themargin o the toe end of an upper may be readily inserted between the aws. After the upper has been thus inserted, the workman presses the last downwardly upon the rest 28 and by such pressure closes the jaws upon the upper, and then by tipping the last about the rest member 28 the workman causes the jaws to pull the upper forwardly on the last while they are held closed on the upper.

Pivotally mounted upon a stud 32 on a lu 34 which is fast on one end of the pivot stud 24 is a lever 36 the outer end of which is shaped to provide a handle, and projecting laterally from this lever is an arm 38 which is curved as shown in Fig. 6 to extend over the top or instep portion of the last. The stud 24 is mounted to turn in bearings in the member 18 and has thereon a spring 40 which tends to turn it in the direction to swing the lever 36 downwardl as theparts are positioned in Fig. 2. he arm 38, under the force of the spring 40, is thus adapted to hold the last tipped about the rest member 28 so as to maintain the upper under forward tension. A projection 42 on the lug 34 serves by engagement with a projection 44 on the pivot 32 far enough for the arm 38' to clear the shoe as it is moved upwardly, and thereun er forward tension until snch time as the operator of the lasting machine is ready to take the wort: present it to that machine.

To prevent undesirable idle swinging movement the lever 36 about its pivot stud 32 there is provided a spring 46 which encircles the stud and acts on the lever to hold it normally in the position determined by shoulders formed on the lever and on the bracket respectively and abutting at 48, as indicated in Fig. 4:. in this position oi the lever arm 38 is below the position occupied by the shoe, and since the stop at is so arranged as to prevent the lever from being swung downwardly far enough to be out oi convenient reach of the operator, it may happen that the arm 38 will sometimes be engaged by the work when the last is ti ped to efiect the pulling oi the upper. In or or that the workman may not have to swing the lever 36 to carry the arm 38 away from the path of the shoe before the upper is pulled, the arm 38 is pivotally mounted at 50 (Fig; 6) on the lever 36 so that it may be swung downwardly if engaged by the work. A spring plunger 52 which engages a finger 54: on the arm 38 opposes comparativel light resistance to swinging movement 0 the arm and serves to hold the arm normally in a position determined by engagement of a shoulder 56 thereon with the side of the lever 36.

Each of the work-presenting devices, by movement of its shaft 12 in the bearing in the turret 8, may be turned from a position in which the last is bottom downward, as

shown in Fig. 2, to a position in which the last is presented bottom upward, as shown in Fig. 3. In the construction shown such turning movement to change the position'of the work is effected as an incident to the turning-ofthe turret.$ about its vertical axis. As

, downwardly and to holdit' normally in a position determinedb -engagem'e'nt'of 901- o lar 66 thereon with t e top of the turretS;

With the parts in this position, the gripper is presented as shown in Fig. 2 so that the last and its' upper'are positioned bottom downward. At its lower end each of the plungers 62 is provided with aroll 68, and mounted in a fixed position adjac'entto the turret 8 is a 'cam plate 70 '(Fig. 1) which, by engagement with the roll' 68,. raises'the plunger 62 far enough to turn the work from the position warms shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Each of the shoes in turn is thus inver d the diderent work-presenting devices position to be acted upon by the cam Z0. Preferably the cam 70 is long enough to hold two or more of the shoes in inverted position.

at the same time, so that it is unnecessary to turn the turret 6 every time that it is desired to remove a shoe therefrom.

By reference to Fig. lit will be seen there are provided by the construction here inbeiore described two pairs of (Bo-operating gripper jaws 26 and 22 which are spaced apart laterally or the toe. so as to the upper at ,what' is commonly termed the can ners of the toe, the jaws being so arranged that they point generally lengthwise oi the last and the'ends oi the jaws being divergent ly inclined so that they are substantially tangential to the curve of the edge of the last bottom and embrace the toe and or" the last,

thereby insuring that both pairs of jaws will:

maintain a firm grip upon the upper m terials close to the edge of the last bottom? It will be evident that the pull is thus applied to the upper along its opposite side portions, instead of along its median line, so that the entire forepart of the upper is pulled forwardly without danger of an undue are cess of tension in any one location such as might tend under some conditions to distort the lines of the upper. Theeliect of the forward pull on the upper is to draw it tightly about the heel end of the last and to take out the slack at the sides of the shank, which contributes materially to the success of subsequent lasting operations on the shoe. By

reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the 7 upper is also pulled downwardly over the toe, and an important advantage in the use of the gripper herein shown is that the upper is pulled down over the sides as well as over the end of the toe in such manner as to reveal to the workman the contour of substantially the entire toe end of the last. This is of material assistance in determining whether the lines of the upper are in proper relation to the lines of the last. If any relative adjustment of the upper and the'last is needed, this may be readily effected by swinging the heel end of the'last to one side or the other, the opposite pairs of gripper jaws holding substantially the entire toe end of the upper from shifting as the relative adjustment is efi'ected.

,In the' use. of the apparatus a workman,

who may be of a less highly skilled and high- 1y paid type than the operator of a lasting machine, stands in front of the table 10 and the upper under tension. As hethus posi-' tions the shoes in the different work-presenting devices, the workman turns the turret 8, thereby carrying the shoes around into position for the operator of a lasting machine to receive them. As the different work-presenting devices arrive in position to be acted upon by the cam 70, the shoes are inverted to present them bottom upward as illus trated at the left-hand side of Fig. 1. After mounting several shoes on the turret the workman may turn his attention to such other duties as it may be advantageous for him to perform until such time as it is necessary for him again to position other shoes in the apparatus in order to keep the lasting machine operator continuously supplied with shoes. 7

Before removing a shoe from the apparatus the operator of the lasting machine grasps it .in such manner as to hold the upper in its forwardly pulled condition and to prevent its displacement relatively to the last. On tennis shoe work, as herein shown, the shoe comes to the operator of the lasting machine with the heel end, as well as other parts of the upper, unfastened, and the operator will preferably place one hand about the heel end of the shoe to hold that end of the upper from displacement, and will place the other hand upon the toe end of the shoe, with his thumb resting upon the bottom of the toe end of the last and his fingers engaging the upper about the toe. By holding the shoe in this manner the operator may most readily transfer it and present it bot-tom upward to the lasting machine; and with the shoe presented to the operator bottom upward, illustrated, it is in the most convenient position for him thus to grasp it. The shoe may be most conveniently removed from the gripperby pressing it downwardly soas to relieve the pressure on the arm 26 and thus permit the gripper to open, the lever 36 yielding against the resistance of its spring 40 to permit the shoe thus to be depressed.

While the invention has been described par ticularly by reference to its use to prepare the work for the operation of a lasting machine, it should beunderstood that the invention' is not thus limited in its applicability, but may be advantageously utilized also in connection with other machines, such for example as pulling-over machines.

Having described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In apparatus of the class described, a

- device for pulling an upper forwardly ona last to prepare it for presentation to a. pulling-over or a lasting machine, comprising upper-gripping means and a member about which the last may be tipped relatively to said upper-gripping means to render said means effective to pull the upper, said uppergripping means and member .being mounted for movement with the last and upper in a fixed path after the upper-pulling operation to present the, work jin a position more convenient for an operator to remove it.

2. In apparatusof the class described, a

device for pulling an upper forwardly on a last to prepare it for presentation to a pulling-over or a lasting machine, comprising upper-gripping means and a member about which the last may be tipped relatively to said upper-gripping means to render said means effective to pull the upper, said uppergripping means and member being mounted for turning movement with the last andupper after the upper-pulling operation from a position in which the last is bottom downward to upward,

a position in which it is bottom 3. In apparatus of the class described, a de vice for pulling an upper forwardly on a last toprepare it for presentation to a pullng-over or a lasting machine, comprising upper-gripping means and a member about which the last may be tipped relatively to said upper-gripping. means to render said means eflective to pull the upper, said uppergripping means and member being mounted for turning movement with the last and upper about an axis extending generally lengthwise of the last from a position in which the last is bottom downward to a position in which it is bottom upward, and means for effecting said turning movement.

4:. In apparatus of the class described, a device for pulling an upper forwardly on a last to prepare it for presentation to a pulling-over or a lasting machine, comprising upper-gripping means and a member about which the last may be tipped relatively to said upper-gripping means to render said means effective to pull the upper, said uppergripping means and member being mounted for turning movement with the last and upper to shift the position of the work after the upper-pulling operation, and rack and pinion mechanism for effecting said turning movement.

5. In apparatus of the class described, a device for pulling an upper forwardly on a last to prepare it for presentation to a.pulling-. over or a lasting machine, comprising uppergripping means and a member about which upper-gripping means to render said means the last may be tipped relatively to said turning, movement with the last and upper from a position in which the last is bottom up er-pulling device comprisin downward to a position in which it is bottom upward, spring means for holding the parts normally in a osition in which the last is bottom downwar and mechanism for effecting said turning movement against the resistance of said sprin means.

6. In apparatus of t e class described, a o toe gripper and a member about which a last may be tipped relativel to said gripper for pulling an upper on the last, said gripper and member. being mounted for turning movement with the last and upper from a position in which the last is bottom downward to a position in which it is bottom upward. a

7. In apparatus of the class described, a device for pulling an upper forwardly on a m last to prepare it for presentation to a pulling-over or -a lasting machine, comprising means constructed for use manually to grip the'toe end only of the upper and to pull o the upper forwardly and mounted for move ment with the shoe from a position intwhich the last is bottom downward to a position in which it is bottom u ward, said apparatus being constructed on y to pull the upper and then to release the shoe with the upper at the go toe in an unfastened condition.

B In apparatus of the class described, a device for pulling an upper forwardly on a last to prepare it for presentation to a pull-. ling-over or .a lasting machine, comprising a gripper constructed for use manually to grlp the toe end of the upper and to pull the upper forwardly, said device being constructed to release the shoe while it is held in the hands of-the workman with the upper at the toe in an unfastened condition, and means for turning said upper-pulling device with .the shoe after the upper-pulling operation to bring the shoe into a position more convenient for the workman to remove it.

9. In apparatus of the class described, an upper-pulling device comprising a gripper and a member operative in response to pressure of a last thereon to close the gripper on the toe end of an upper and about which the last may be tipped relatively to the gripper to cause the gripper to pull the upper, said upper'pulling device being mounted for movement with the last and upper from a position, in which the last is bottom downward to a position in which it is bottom upward. I

I 10. In apparatus of the class described, an

upper-pulling device comprising upper-gripping means and a member about which a last may be tipped relatively to said upper-gripping means for pulling an upper on the'last, and means for holding the last thus tipped to maintain the upper under tension, said upper-pullin device and holdin means being 65 mounted or movement to shi the position of the work while the upper is under tension. 11. In apparatus of the class described, an a gripper an a member about which a a'st may be tipped relatively to the grip er while the gripper holds the toe end of an upper to pull the upper forwardly on the last, and

- means for holding the last thus tipped to maintain the upper under tension, said upper-pulling device and holding means bein mounted for movement with the last an upper from a position in which the last is bottom downward to a position in which it is bottom upward.

12. In apparatus of the class described,

an upper-pulling device comprising uppergripping means and a member about which alast may be tipped relatively to said uppergripping means to pull an upper on the last, an

means for holding the last thus tipped to maintain the upper under tension.

' 13. In a paratus of the class described, an up er-pul ing device comprisin a gripper an a member about which a first may be tipped relatively 'to the gripper while the gripper holds the toe end of an upper to pull the upper forwardly on the last, and a device arranged to be applied to the up er and last to hold the last thus tipped wit the upper under tension. f

14. In apparatus of the class described, an upper-pulling device comprisin a gripper and a member about which a ast may be tipped relatively to the gripper while the gripper holds the toe end of an upper to pull the upper forwardly on the last, and a springcontrolled member arranged to be a plied to the upper and last over the top 0 the last and to holdthe last thus tipped to maintain the upper under-tension.

15. In apparatus of the class described, an upper-pulling device comprising a gripper. and a member about which a last may be tipped relatively to the gripper whilethe gripper holds the toe end of an upper to pull the upper forwardly on the last, an arm mounted for movements laterally of the last and heightwise of the lastand having means ;for engaging the work at the rear of said member to hold the last tipped about said member with the upper under tension, and a spring acting on said arm to hold the last thus tipped.

16. An upper-pulling device, comprising means for gripping an upper at the toe end of a last and a member about which the last may be tipped relatively to the upper-gripping means to render said means efiective to pull the upper forwardly on the last, said upper-gripping means being constructed to grip the upper in locations spaced apart laterally of the toe torender the forward pull on -the" upper effective along the sides of the last.

17 An upper-pulling device, comprising means for gripping an upper at the toe end of a lastand 6 member about which the last may be tipped relatively to the up er-gripping means to render said means e ective to pull the upper forwardly on the last, said to point in the general direction of the length aup ' of the last with their end faces divergently inclined to embrace the toe end of the last.

19. An upper-pulling device, comprising a toe "gripper and a shoe rest member constructed to permit a last to be tipped relatively to said gripper for pulling an upper forwardly onthe last and to permit the last also to'be swung laterally to effect relative adjustment'of the last and the toe end of the upper,

said toe gripper comprising gripper aws arranged to grip the upper in spaced locations substantially at the corners of the toe end of the last to hold the entire toe end of the upr from shifting in said relative adjustment of the last and the upper. 1

20. An upper-pulling device, comprising a toe-gripper adapted for use manually to pull an upper forwardly on a last to prepare it for presentation to a pulling-over or a lasting machine, said gripper comprising different pairs of upper-gripping jaws spaced apart and arranged to grip the upper substantially at the corners of the toe end of the last.

21. In apparatus of the class described, a work-presenting device movable about a substantially vertical axis to transfer a last and its shoe materials bodily from one location to another location, said work-presenting device being mounted also for different movement to change the position of the work, and mechanism operative in the transferring movement of said device to impart thereto said different movement. 3

'22. In apparatus of the class described, a work-presenting device constructed to receive and position a last and its shoe materials bottom downward, said work-presenting device being movable to transfer the work from one location to another location and differently movable also to present the work vwith the last bottom upward, and mechanism operative in response to the transferring movement of said device to cause it thus to present the work.

23. In apparatus of the class described, a work-presenting device movable about a substantially vertical axis to transfer a last and its shoe materials from one location to another location and mounted for movement also about a difierent axis to change the position of the work, rack and pinion mechanism for effecting said last mentioned movement of the device, and a cam for operatin said rack and pinion mechanism vat a predetermined point in the transferring movement of the device.

24. In apparatus-of the class described, a work-presenting device constructed to receive a last with an upper loosely assembled" thereon and movable in a substantially horizontal plane to transfer the work bodily from one location to another location to present it to the operator of a pulling-over or a lasting machine, said work-presenting device being 807 differently movable also to change" the position of the work thereon and having means for holding the upper in assembled relation to the last. l

25. In apparatus of the class described; a s5 work-presenting device constructed to receive and position a last and its shoe materials bottom downward, said work-presenting device being movable about a substantially vertical axis to transfer the work bodily from one location to another location'and differently movable also to present. the .work with the last bottom upward.

26. In apparatus of the class described, a rotatable turret having thereon devices for supporting a plurality of lasts and their shoe materials, said devices being arranged to receive and position the lasts bottom downward andmounted for turning movements about axes different from the axis of the turret to present the lasts bottom upward.

27. In apparatus of the class described, a

rotatable turret having thereon devices for supporting a plurality of lasts and their shoe materials, said devices being mounted for 5 turning movements to invert the lasts, and mechanism for operating said devices to invert diiferent lasts in succession as the turret is rotated.

28.' In apparatus of the class described, a device for pulling an upper on a last to prepare it for presentation to a pulling-overor a lasting machine, said device being mounted\ for movement about a substantially vertical axis from a position in which the pulling of the upper takes place to transfer the work with the upper under tension to the machine operator.

29. In apparatus of the class described, an upper-pulling device comprising upper-gripping means and a member about which a last may be tipped relatively to said upper-gripping means for pulling an upperon the last,. said device being mounted for movement with the upper under tension from a work-receiv- 1 I shoe uppers thereon and including grippers 1 tipped relatively to the gripper while the gripper holds the toe end of the upper to pull the upper forwardly on the last, and means for holding the last thus tipped to maintain the upper under tension, said upper-pulling device and holding means being movable from a Work-receiving position into position to present the work to the operator of a shoe machine.

31. In apparatus of the class described, a rotatable turret, and devices carried by said turret for supporting a plurality of lasts with for pulling the uppers on their lasts and maintaining them under tension as the turret is turned to transfer the lasts and uppers from one location to another location;

32. In apparatus of the class described, a rotatable turret, a plurality of upper-pulling devices carried by said turret each comprising a gripper and a member about which a last may be tipped while the gripper holds the toe end of the upper to pull the upper forwardly on the last, and a spring-operated member associated with each gripper for holding the last thus tipped to maintain the upper under tension as the turret is turned to transfer the lasts and uppers from one location to another location.

33. In apparatus of the class described, a work-presenting device movable to transfer 'a last with an upper thereon from one location to another location and comprising means for pulling the upper on the last, said work-presenting device being differently movable also to change the position of the work after the upper has been pulled. I

34. In apparatus of the class described, a work-presenting device movable about a substantially vertical axis to transfer a last with an upper thereon from one location to another location and comprising a gripper for pulling the upper forwardly on the last,

said work-presenting device being movable also about a substantially horizontal axis to turn the work from a position in which the last is bottom downward to a position in which it is bottom upward.

35. In apparatus of the class described, a work-presenting device comprising a gripper for pulling an upper forwardly on a last and a member about which the last may be tipped relatively to the gripper to cause the gripper to pull the upper, said work-presenting device being movable to transfer the last and upper from one location to another location and mounted also for turning movement from a position in which the last is bottom downward to a position in which it is bottom up ward.

36. In apparatus of the class described, a work-presenting device comprising a gripper for pulling an upper forwardly on a last, a member about which the last maybe tipped relatively to the gripper to cause the gripper to pull the upper, and means for holding the last thus tipped, said work-presenting device being movable to transfer the last and upper with the upper held under tension from one location to another location and difi'erently movable also to change the position of the last.

37. In apparatus of the class described, a work-presenting device movable to transfer a last with an upper thereon from one location to another location and comprising means for pulling the upper on the last, and mechanism operative in the transferring movement of said device to impart thereto a different movement to change the position of the work. r

38. Inapparatus of the class described, a work-presenting device comprising upper gripping means and a member about which a last may be tipped relatively to said uppergripping means for pulling an upper on the last, said work-presenting device being movable to transfer the work from one location to another location, and mechanism oper- 39. In apparatus of the class described, a

rotatable turret having thereon a plurality of work-presenting devices each comprising a gripper, a member about which a last may be tipped relatively to said gripper for pulling an upper forwardly on the last and a member for holding the last thus tipped, each of said work-presenting devices being mounted for turning movement from a position in which the last is bottom downward to a position in which it is bottom upward, and mechanism operative in the rotation of the turret for thus turning said devices.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

BERNHARDT JORGENSEN. 

